Twelve Tips for running in-situ simulation during a Coronavirus pandemic.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic has caused massive disruption to medical education, with universities having to close and adopt new ways of teaching, ensuring social distancing as standard.

Everyone is entitled to a good doctor.

All patients want good doctors they can trust. Good doctors are competent, respectful, honest, and able to form good relationships with their patients and colleagues. Medical practice is inherently risky.

Antinuclear antibodies and bromoxynil exposure in a rural sample.

Previous research suggests that farmers may have an increased risk of developing autoimmunity and that exposure to certain pesticides may alter immune function. Little is known, however, about the immunologic effects of farming and pesticide exposures. As part of the Prairie Ecosystem Study, associations between detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), an autoimmunity indicator, and exposure to the herbicide bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile) were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 208 residents (94 women, 114 men) of a cereal-producing region in Saskatchewan, Canada, during spring herbicide application, 1996.

New ideas about medical professionalism.

Public trust depends on promoting good practice and protecting the public from poor practice.

A short history of the General Medical Council.

Introduction: The General Medical Council (GMC) regulates British doctors through the Medical Act. The Council comprises doctors (who predominate) and laypeople. It registers doctors for UK practice, sets professional standards, regulates basic medical education, and manages doctors' fitness to practise.

Patients, professionalism, and revalidation.

Revalidation is an essential part of professionalism directed at meeting patients' expectations of good care. The GMC must rise to the challenge

Body mass index and bromoxynil exposure in a sample of rural residents during spring herbicide application.

Bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile), a phenolic herbicide, is widely used in production of cereals and other crops. Little is known, however, about bromoxynil exposure in humans. Results of previous research suggest a longer residence time in the body for bromoxynil compared to phenoxy herbicides [e.

Time for hard decisions on patient-centred professionalism.

Patients want doctors who are competent, respectful, honest and able to communicate with them. That is patient-centred professionalism. Professional self-regulation, as practised hitherto, has failed to achieve this for all patients.

Factors associated with detection of bromoxynil in a sample of rural residents.

In regions of intensive crop production residents may be exposed to herbicides through direct contact or environmental sources. The environmental herbicide exposures of rural populations and resultant potential health effects are not well understood. Epidemiologic studies or herbicides have focused on occupational exposures using, primarily, self-reported data (e.